This is an inspiring video to the song "Deliver me" from the David Crowder Band. The before and after pictures of the work of the medical teams are indeed inspiring!
Much of the following is taken from http://www.mercyships.org.uk/.
Mercy Ships has selected Sierra Leone as the site for the 2011 Field Service for the world’s largest charity hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. This will be the fourth time that Mercy Ships has delivered free world-class medical care to the impoverished West African nation.
Healthcare in Sierra Leone is unaffordable and often unavailable. The country ranks 180 out of 182 nations on the 2009 Human Development Index, and the majority of the population lives on less than £1.40 per day. Infant mortality in Sierra Leone is 160 per 1000 births as compared to the UK at 4.8 per 1000 births. (UN Population Division).
The ten-month 2011 Field Service will once again bring hope and healing to Sierra Leone. The state-of-the-art hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, contains six operating theatres and will provide free medical care. The off-ship Eye Clinic and Dental Clinic will offer additional medical services.
Mercy Ships looks forward to their continued partnership with the West African Fistula Centre in Aberdeen founded in 2004. The clinic is now under the management of the Freedom from Fistula Foundation. The Centre offers free surgeries to women suffering from childbirth-related injury and has the capacity to serve between 500 and 600 patients per year.
The hospital ship will also serve as a platform for training African healthcare professionals and for community development teams. These programs ensure that the positive impact of Mercy Ships will continue long after the ship leaves Sierra Leone.
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